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Laogai

Laogai (Chinese: 劳改), short for láodòng gǎizào (劳动改造), which means reform through labor, was a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Láogǎi (劳改) is different from láojiào (劳教), or re-education through labor, which was the abolished administrative detention system for people who…

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Hanyu Pinyin
láogǎi · láodòng gǎizào
Literal meaning
reform through labor
Simplified Chinese
劳改 · 劳动改造
Traditional Chinese
勞改 · 勞動改造
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinláogǎi · TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinláodòng gǎizào

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Laogai

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples134
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Laogai

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related to Disease and pests · 20
Laogai → Along, Another, Bed, Each, Eventually, He, Highly, Many, Mao, Mental, No, Other, Roundworms, The, The Laogai, These, They, This, Two, Zhang Xianliang
related to Estimated number of deaths · 20
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related to Maoist era · 16
Laogai → According, China's, Chinese, Chinese House Churches, Deng Xiaoping, During, However, In, James, PRC, Products, Richard Anderson, Seymour, The West's, They, West
related to Modern era · 15
Laogai → China, DC, French, German Duden, Harry Wu, In, It, Italian, Laogai Museum, Laogai Research Foundation, NGO, Oxford English Dictionary, United States, Washington, Wu
related to Clothing · 13
Laogai → Also, April, Chinese, Commonly, Deng-Jiang Era, Depending, Jackets, Mao, Some, These, Unlike Laojiao, US, Washing
related to Market reform era · 13
Laogai → Al Jazeera English, At, China, China's, Chinese, Europe, However, In, May, Publication, Structural, The, United States
related to Food · 12
Laogai → Beijing, Each, Every, Food, Important Chinese, National Day, New Year's, One, Some, Spring Festival, The, This
related to "Reform through labor" · 9
Laogai → Forced, Generally, Harry Wu, It, Not, Quota-filling, Some, They, Undershooting
related to Living quarters and sanitation · 7
Laogai → Basic, Baths, Most, New, Prisoners, The, This
Hanyu Pinyin · 2
Laogai → láodòng gǎizào, láogǎi

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prisoners camps labor food chinese also prison system reform many often china made camp used people prisons million one 30

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LaogaiHanyu Pinyinláogǎi1.00infobox
LaogaiHanyu Pinyinláodòng gǎizào1.00infobox
LaogaiLiteral meaningreform through labor1.00infobox
LaogaiSimplified Chinese劳改1.00infobox
LaogaiSimplified Chinese劳动改造1.00infobox
LaogaiTraditional Chinese勞改1.00infobox
LaogaiTraditional Chinese勞動改造1.00infobox
LaogaiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinláogǎi1.00infobox
LaogaiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinláodòng gǎizào1.00infobox
Laogairelated to "Reform through labor"Forced0.60section
Laogairelated to "Reform through labor"Harry Wu0.60section
Laogairelated to "Reform through labor"Quota-filling0.60section

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